welcome to al jazeera. i am in new york city. here are your stops stories this hour. the white house, syria's decision to allow u.n. inspectors to examine a chemical weapons attack is too little too late. the rim fire in california. he turned his gun on his fellow soldiers. now hasan nadal is set to learn what happens to him.

>> at this hour, the wheels are moving in washington. the u.n. on sunday was given the go ahead to inspect chemical weapons. it is alleged to have happened. now, the u.s. is saying it is too little too late. a senior administration official telling al jazeera that if the syrian government had nothing to hide and wanted to show the world it knot use chemical weapons then, quote, it would would grant immediate access to the area five days ago." the same official now saying there is little doubt that syria used chemical weapons on its civilians. earlier today, the defense secretary, chuck hagel said the united states prepared for any con techniency regarding syria. more on this developing story. mike, there has been reaction

around the world to these attacks. what has been the response from washington. >> in the five days since the attacks, you have seen an increase in the urgency here, two meetings in the last four days, a flury of phone calls, consultations between secretary kerry and at least two dozen of his counterparts from around the world. yesterday president obama with the u.k.'s prime minister, david cameron, a telephone worded statement coming out of that as well, both on the same page. france on the same page. but on the other side here, you have russia and this could be a problem. time and time again, del, over the last several days, president obama and officials have talked about the need for an international coalition, international backing, some sort of consensus. if that military option is to be exercised. tonight, a criminal less than spokesman says it will have catastrophic consequences. a military attack could have catastrophic consequences across the world.

spokesmen reminding everyone that it is something that the administration is sensitive to as it works behind the scenes to try to build consensus to exercise that in response to assad crossing the red line. the president laid down one year ago this month. >> mike, i have to ask this way: in the glom attic world, is there a sense that someone needs to say diplomacy be damned, there are people dying from chemical weapons attacks in syria and they are debating as to what happens next and not what seems to be happening now? >> i think those images, those pictures have made all of the difference in the world, del. previously you saw the administration, time and time again, take today for example, the u.n. inspectors have to be allowed in to do their work. two days after the attack, the administration said they were -- the president had directed his intel community, intelligence community to look into exactly what happened. today, after the syrians said that they would allow the u.n. inspectors to actually go to

damascus and inspect whether or not chemical weapons were displayed deployed, the united states says too little too late as you record. sxwoubtdly, those imagundoubtedn the administration's posture and the posture of governments on the world mike, joining us live from washington. as mike mentioned, the world is reacting to that situation in syria. in france, the foreign minister there had this to say: >> we must respond strongly to these events. all of the leaders must reach the appropriate response, but it is unthinkable that once what is proven and those responsible identify there will not be a strong response by the international community. >> there has been reaction from the leaders in israel and

australia, as well. >> what is happening in syria is a terrible tragedy and a terrible crime. our hearts go out to the women and children. to experience the military options, discussing it is elliott ackerman, the from the syria research and organization. >> thanks for having me. >> a tough situation as far as white house is concerned because it is a darned if you do and darned if you don't. the u.s. in the latest poll says the citizens say they don't want to get involved in syria, and yet we see those images. what can the white house do? >> i think it's an underable sentiment. we are coming out of 10 years of war that the u.s. people don't want to find themselves mired in a war in the same area. it comes down to a lot of options. a lot of the options have been the establishment of a no-fly zone, the idea of hitting some weapons sites and increasing aid to the syrian rebels.

>> there seems to be a sense sometimes, especially when we talk about no-fly zones that the enemy does not fight back and they fight back, there are casualties on both sides of the conflict and people say we have to get involved. is it a slippery slope doing anything at this point? >> i think anyone needs to look three and four moves deep. and often, we focus on the tactics as opposed to the strategic end and that's what we are seeing the administration grappling with. if you establish a no-fly zone or support the free syrian army which has been widely reported to be a somewhat splinterred organization. what is the end state we are going to? i think you are seeing how do we end state with the desire to do something in the face of these images. >> elliott, politicians talk about wars. soldiers fight those wars. you have been those boots on the ground, so to speak. as a soldier, you see these images coming in out of syria, see the children suffer from what appears to be a chemical weapons attack. what do you want the administration to do if you are

that soldier sitting in the barracks waiting for that trigger to be pulled from the white house? >> the obligation of the administration and/or national security effort is to first and foremost, secure the interests of the united states. >> but you are still a human >> you are still a human. i think what we are seeing right now is a real tension between, as humans, us wanting to do something, and what is that thing we can do that stops this, whether it be a no-fly zone, a cruise missiles being laufrnlingdz from the mediterranean. we have heard about naval movementslaunched from the mediterranean. we have heard about naval movements and what's in the best interest of the nation at a time when we are coming out of 10 years of war and we have a recovering economic. >> if we launch cruise missiles from the bases in the mohamm mediterrean will we deter the assad regime from discontinuing the war or will that be window dressing for thehawks in washington to say do something >> a balance. the real killer of the war, as difficult as the images of the

chemical weapons are. it's the war, itself. will a cruise missile strike on the sites deter this already brutal war? probably not t will probably continue to go to its end. could it hurt his chemical weapons' manufacturing? likely so. >> elliott ackerman, thank you. there are several bombings in baghdad that killed 42 people on sunday. various sites throughout the city were targeted including a coffee shop and a wedding party, part of a month-long wave of killing that the country has seen. it's the worst period of blood shed since 2008. most of the victims in sunday's bombings were civilians. more than 13078,000 acres have been burning by the raging wildfire that is right now underway in northerncal and that is affecting life hundreds of miles away in las vegas, nevada. there are several out door events that had to be cancelled because of smoke and what is being called one of the largest wildfires in california history.

more now from al jazeera melissa chan who has been out on the front line in telumi county california. >> fire fighters are doing their best to minimize damage to yosemite national park and we drove as close western entrance and hit fire, saw the firefighters trying to prevent the fire from crossing the road. they had to pull back. we went along with them. it's a tough, tough battle. the other concern is the city of san francisco. the power and water supply, the hechechi reservoir is closed. city officials have been able to source their water from elsewhere. in terms of electricity, san francisco is not going to see any blackouts. two of the 3 hydro electro plants are down here. that served san francisco. that's bad news. it provides 16% of the electricity to the city. but city officials say they will be able to purchase their electricity from elsewhere. kevin korvo, they are praying for rain right now in california.

will their prayers be answered? >> well, it really depends on what part of california we are talking about. there is going to be a lot of rain down toward the southwest. believe it or not, we have had a lot of dry conditions. i am going to show you what's happening back here because we actually have a tropical depression called tropical depression ivo located baja, california. what does this have to do with what is happening across the southwest? it has to do a lot actually because the moisture is pumping up from that storm, up here across the dessert seth. see here on a satellite image the circulation going on really across baja. that is where the moisture is coming from as well as the monsoonal moisture. we are seeing quite a bit of precipitation coming in across the region. for california, really not a lot. just here, across the very southeast earn parts. but for parts of arizona, new mexico, utah, colorado, we are seeing quite a few of rain actually in the next day and some locations, we could be seeing anywhere between three

informs locally as well as one to two inches in some of the other locations. we will bring you more on this a little bit later on the show. del? >> kevin corvo, we thank you very much. the nsa is in the spotlight once again. the national security administration, this time facing new allegations of spying on the u.n. policy, and just prescribe the facts.

more revelations from leaker edward snowden about the extent of spying by the nsa. national security agency tapped into the united nations video conference system by decrypting it. that according to documents provided by snowden to the german magazine "der spiegel" saying the nsa decripped more than 450 communications from the u.n.'s headquarters in new york. u.s. army major nadal hasan will face a military jury on monday. they will have to decide whether he lives or whether he dies. he was found guilty in connection with the 2009 fort hood sheeting. one carlos molina has more on the tasks the jury faces. >> the conviction was never in doubt. >> unanimous finding of guilty to the first charge of 13 counts of premeditated murder and

guilty of 32 counts of the additional charges of attempted premeditated number. >> determiningly the fate of u.s. army major nadal hasamgins monday. his fate will be in the hands of 13 combat veterans that will hear more testimony from survivors of the attack. >> i think there is a high probability the government is going to meet its burden of persuading those 13 military jurors that the aggravated nature of this crime justifies imposition of the death penalty. >> but a death sentence gives hassan what he wants. he has already told mention health evaluators he wanted to become a martyr and his court martial defense reflected it. hasan acted as his own lawyer admitting to the crimes in his opening statements. some survivors are con floithd which sentence brings a greater sense of justice: the death penalty or life behind bars. to reach a death sentence, the

jury vote must be unanimous and it would immediately trigger a series of automatic appeals that could drag on for years. >> if there is a vote against the death penalty, it's not necessarily going to be a reflection that they think the crime was somehow mitigated. i think it will because one or two members simply decides that it would be a more appropriate penalty for nadal hasan to spend the rest of his life under army custody at fort levenworth in a wheelchair and i think that's a possibility. >> the u.s. has not executed a military service member since 1961. currently, five u.s. soldiers sit on death row. one has been there for 25 years. ultimately, the president must sign off on an execution. it's quite likely that the next president would be making that decision. carlos molina, al jazeera. an opposition leader, one of the vladimir putin's harshest

critics, a mayoral candidate for next month's election in moscow was detained released after a brief conversation with police. the 37-year-old was convicted of embezzlement last month and given five years in jail. it's free pending an appeal. five bodies pulled from a mass grave on the outskirts of mexico city have been identified. there are some of the 12 people who were kidnapped from a mexico city bar. 13 decomposed, headless bodies were pulled from the grave. it was found at a ranch outside of the capital city and police say the 12 victims are from the kidnapping, but they don't know if the 13th body is related. 12 people were kidnapped from an after-hours club known as "heaven" back on may 26th. prosecutors say they are linked to a dispute between gangs that control drug sales in mexico city's night clubs and bars. a cargo train de-railed in

mexico killing at least four people and injuring more than 30 others. the accident happened near the southern mexico city of vill villa hermosa, alongside a river. it is only accessible by boat. people there are known to hop on the train at night to hitch rides towards the u.s. border. that train known as la bestia, or "the beast" carps immigrants, many sitting on top of the freight cars after paying smugglers. >> rush nubuka says it's about the little league world series. >> a championship champion will be crowned today and make no mistake, the two best teams in the tournament are in the finals. the kids from california are taking on japan as we speak. both teams are undefeated at 4 and 0 but california has their big fellow on the hill today, in grant holman. holman has stood out in more ways than one. he is 6' 4" and 13 years young.

he has already thrown a no-hitter, has two home runs including grand slam. >> tiger in contention at the barclays. he started four shots back but from the leaders but tiger country at 11 under par, one shot back with nine holes to play. the new york jets have major issues that the their quarterback position mark sanchez got knocked silly in the pre-season game against the giants and had to leave the ball game with an injured shoulder. sanchez expected to have an mri today. as for the jets other quarterback, geno smith played like a rookie after tossing three interceptions. those are your majorspots stories. we will be back with more on al jazeera america.

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>> welcome back to al jazeera. i am del walters. a senior administration official says it is too little too late regarding the situation in syria. he told al jazeera the syrian government should have granted access much sooner to the u.n. if it had nothing to hide. and the official also says that there is little doubt that the syrian government launched a chemical weapons attack since its citizens. nearly 10,000 fire fighters are working now throughout the state of california fighting fires there. >> the worst is the so-called rim fire. it is burning part of yosemite national park. the army psychiadrift turned killer is going to learn his fate this week. nadal hasan was con vithsd of killing 13 of his fellow soldiers. >> now, dispute the egyptian government leaders, demonstrators are marching in the streets again. al jazeera sharin tadros is in cairo with more.

>> hundreds of anti-coup protesters taking to the streets to voice anger at what they are calling increasingly authoritarian military regime. all of this against a backgra drop of a more aggressive crackdown on the mohegan sun, more arrests announced on sunday for former members of ptarmiga e parliament, as well as from the mineral wel muslim brotherhood. those arrests happening across the different provinces ongoing. the story of the date everyone has been concentrating on is the trials, two trials taking place in different courtrooms in cairo. firstly, mohammed bedia. the opening session happened today. i roncally, another part of town, the trial or retrial of

hosni mubarak continued. mike hannah has all of the details. >> released but back behind bars days after being transferred from jail to house arrest in a military hospital, hosni must bebe mubarak appears in court regarding the killing of civilians the defense is quick to introduce a new line of argument to connect it to recent events. mubarak's lawyers says the charges being considered are similar to those against his compliant signalling what is likely to be lengthy argument that it was morsi not mubarak. the case has been adjourned to the middle of next month. to investigate particular charges. in central kcairo, the trial

beg began. including the organization's leaders and two deputies. here, the doc was empty, the prosecution announcing the accused would not appear because of security reasons. >> the egyptian media has labeled all of this as the trial of two regimes, equating the trial of a deposed dictator with that of members of the muslim brotherhood. >> a comparison rejithd and resented by the defendant's lawyers who insist the motive for prosecution is purely political. >> this is political dressed in legal clothes. >> this case is also adjourned until the end of october. the prosecution having made clear it's not just individuals but an organization that is on trial. mike hannah, al jazeera cairo. >> a church in new orleans is remembering its role in the

civil rights movement this morning, new zion baptist church helped launch dr. martin luther king, jr. as a leader nationwide. >> as tens of thousands of people are celebrating the march on warrant, the 50th anniversary, this weekend and into the week, people here in new orleans are looking at another part of that. this church on this exact place in 1957, 28-year-old, martin luther king became the president of the southern leadership conference. they designed this group so they could fight bus segregation. clooufrl it's become a national movement and now, a historic movement. >> what i remember about him is his -- his mellowodious voice, you will. it was the kind of voice that when you heard him talking, you listened, and his concern as far as i interpreted it was that

there was an inequality for us in the various areas of our lives, and it was time for us as negroes at that time to come together in piece and order and make a difference. >> important and powerful words from people that were here back in 19 knife 7 and the delivery of that message has inspired many people around the world and will for years to come. back to you. >> also launched the anti-apart i'd movement and on that note, we update you on the condition of nelson mandela. he remains at critical condition inside that hospital in pretty or i can't. the ailing leader has been hospitalized since june 8th with a recurring lung infection. he is unstable at times but shown great resilience. as for us, we will be right

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>> syria's civil war is at the center of lots of meetings across the u.s. this weekend. u.s. voicing concerns about that internal conflict. mike viquera has more from washington. >> good afternoon, del. the administration says there is also doubt the president's red line has been crossed. the question is: will there be a military price to pay for the assad regime? >> after initially insisting on access for u.n. inspectors, now the white house says it's too late. any belated decision by the regime to grant access to the team would be considered too late to be credible. a senior administration official says, adding there is very little doubt at this point that a chemical weapon was used by the syrian regime by civilians. the navy as fire power to the region.

defense secretary chuck hagel travelling in malaysia says the military is ready. >> president obama has asked the defense department to prepare occasions for all contingencies. we have done that, and again, we are prepared to exercise whatever option, if he decides to employ 1 of those options. >> since the chemical attacks and the horrific images of death and suffering seen globally, the white house has toughened it's rhetoric against the assad regime. two meetings of the national security council in the last four days and a flury of calls, including one between president obama and british prime minister david cameron. according to a cameron spongesman, the two liters reiterated that significant use of chemicalcal weapons would merit a sirius response. two 7 craver members of congress, one a republican, the other a democrat called for. >> do something in a surgical

and proportional way, something that gets their attention, that causes them to understand that wir not going to put up with this kind of activity. >> i certainly would do cruise missile strikes. i think you can do that without boots on the ground, without having americans in harm's way. you can destroy the runways, assad's runways, destroy his munitions and destroy his fuel. there are lots and lots of things we could do. we could even destroy the syrian air force if we wanted to. >> one year ago this month, mr. obama said the use of chemical weapons by the assad regime would cross a red line. with his administration now convinced that line has been crossed for a second time, the u.s. and its allies appear to be moving closer to a military response. so the question is: when, if there is to be the military option, if it's going to be exercised, the president adm administrati administration, del, have said time and time again, they want some sort of coalition if there is to be that military option.

the u.k. is on board. france is on board. we have learned the president concluded a phone call today with the leader of france. russia, a completely different story, a chemlremlin spokesman any military action would have catastrophic consequences for the arab world. del? >> mike, and we have been here before. we have been here with kosovo. we were here before with saddam hussein in iraq. are you getting a sense -- and i got the feeling from what you just said that that quote, unquote coalition of the willing is now starting to gel. >> well, certainly, the western powers, the president, the secretary of state, they've all been on the phone over the course of the last several days. we know john kerry, at least the state department has told us of some two dozen calls he has made since the attacks of august 24th. there is no shortage of effort in consultation. the question again is russia. remember two years boog, del, when the no-fly zone was instituted over the skies of

libya, russia has resisted china as well at that point but ultimately at the united nations and the security counsel, they didn't support it but they abstained. hard to see russia doing that at this point. it's an open question exactly what that coalition will look like, del. >> mike viquera joining us from washington. they say history does repeat itself. if confirmed, last week's gas attacks on the suburbs of damascus reported to have killed up to 1400 people would be the worst of its kind since hassan hussein gassed the people of lajalaba 25 years ago. imron khan. >> rising like a set of hands, there are sixteen fingers representing the date of the attack, the 16th of march, 1988. the monument's under repair, but the people of halajaba don't want the world to forget what

happened here a memorial has been set up inside. the pictures show the silent brutality of a chemical attack, no blood, no traces of explosion on the bodies. the images have since become famous and decades later have not lost the ability to shock. images that are now being repeated in syria. the attack in halabja was ordered by saddam hugh seen's regime. the iranian army moved in to the area and the man known as chemical ali was hanged for his role. the noose is on display here this is akram mohammed. he shows me his picture from the time commemorated. he was 11 when the attack happened. his mother and grandmother dies. the attack in syria is a grim reminder. >> when i saw it, the pictures from syria, i felt it was happening all over again. i could feel the pain.

the memories came flooding back of the this cannot be rebyford again. this type of attack must be stopped forever. >> in the years after a conventional war, buildings real rebuilt, the effects fade even if memories don't. >> but with a chemical weapons attack, people who weren't bar can be affected especially with a gas like seron said to have been used in syria. >> that's definitely the case. the memorial did are everywhere. >> at the local hospital, they are still dealing with the aftermath. >> there are certain diseases which are more common in that group of population who are attacked. for example, when we are talking about these events >> it's the only explanation maybe that the chemical will affect the genes and cause mutations. >> this from the 1988 attack it affects mourners. ents have reminded people of their suffering.

they say they had to wait for years to get help because saddam hussein was denied to allow them help during his time in power. they say that long wait must not be reported? syria. joining us once again in studio to discuss the military options, the united states could take against certain i can't is elliott ackerman, an evaluation organization. you saw those images they led to what we now know to be gulf war i. is the u.s. prepared to deal with that >> i think in terms of intervention if you look at where the country is at, coming out of a decade of war, it would seem to be no. i think we see the popular opinion is against some type of significant involvement in syria, however, i think what we are seeing is favorite couple of days, the administration making moves that would seem as though some type of military action could be in the offing. >> you heard the rhetoric today on the sunday morning talk shows.

most people agreeing that some type of surgical strike is necessary but a surgical strike is a sanitary way of saying a limited war. is it possible with a situation in syria to get in quickly, quietly and then get out, or are we about to enter into something larger >> i think a surgical strike is a deseving term. there is the nothing surgical about a cruise missile when it lands near you. what we are talking about is if there were to be cruise missile strikes against some of the chemical weapons making facilities, that would be an action in and of itself. how does that connect into a larger strategic shift on the part of the u.s. and al eyes remains to be seen and i think will probably be the larger question. >> there seem to be two areas of concern, one tomahawk missiles. another is a no-fly zone. nobody seems to indicate that would be safe. >> obviously launching tom ahawk cruise missiles is easier than

establishing a no-fly zone that blankets the entire country. we have seen a lot of reports that the general dempsey has been reticent to embrace a no-fly zone. but this begs the question of to what end. even after tomahawk cruise missile strikes, what's the next move? what precludes this flu happening in the future, and what helps us see the conflict in syria get to the end state. >> there seems to be the second iraq war, they waited for the col alition of the willing to ex haft military supplies and came out and waged a different. war on the streets with insurgency. do you think that the assad regime is concerned about what the coalition of the will be might do if they come together? >> i think their concerned as how it could reduce their capabilities. additionally what we have seen is with the free syrian army

they have had anability to come al he is. who is the col alition of the willing supporting. i don't think anyone is calling for ute lateral action with syria. the question is what is the end state that everyone is hoping for in syria? >> elliott ackerman, thank you very much. as they say, stay tuned. elliott, thank you very much. >> thank you. a tornado struck off of the coast of italy this morning, damaging several boats and buildings just north of rome. a powerful twister destroyed a small waterfront beach resort. debris was skulkederred along the streets of that area. there were no injuries reported. he mergency teams had to revenge u stranded floods. heavy rains caused river backs to overflow in the hunan prove incident leaving villagers trapped for hours. they moved in ropes to help people walk through high waters to safety. >> the honduran government has declared a state of e mensch

emergency after a surge in dengay fever there. the mosquitos-borne infection is thought to be present in half of the country. children are especially at risk. >> fighting a killer disease, these children are in the ad advanced stages of dengay, a virus spread by mosquitos that can be deadly. checking on his patients, this doctor says that the young and the old are particularly vulnerable. >> the critical days are the first three or 4 days, once its gone the platelets get down. so the patient can have a lot of bleeding and start having a shock and then might die. >> hon dueras is in a state of emergency. over 14,000 cases have so far been reported this year. more than a dozen are dead. people come to public hospitals like these to be treated if thing. but the healthcare system here is over stretched and

underfunded. people are literally being treated in the hallways and, oftentimes, they have to buy their own medicine. >> the government says it is tackling the outbreak. neighborhoods where cases are reported are fumigated. government workers go door to door educating people about dengay prevention. in this tropical country dry, months of heavy rains provide the perfect breeding ground for dengay-carrying mosque eat odes. the insects lay their eggs in still water. ingred torres's younger brother is phone call in recover. they says the government is more focused on the upcoming e elections than the state of emergency. >> they are not helping the health system or education. there is no money because it's all going to the campaigns. the last of your outbreak of dengay in central america was in 2010 when over 130 people died

in the region with at least 120,000 suspected cases so far this year, officials are hoping 2013 doesn't surpass that number. raich el labin, al jazeera, hon did youas. >> rashi nobuka got hurt. >> i didn't had you get hurt. i tried to slide down the hill. maybe it's get hurt but the youngsters taking center stage, they are in the spotlight today. let's go back to 1980 as we speak. right now, actually, the kids from california dominating the competition taking on japan as we speak but if we turn back the clock, the youngsters bevels tampa, florida were living large, led by gary sheffield. we caught up with the 9-time major league all star at his home in tampa to recommendnence. >> in 1980, the young staffers

stole the spotlight. they were led by future major leaguers gary sheffield and derek bell. that dynamic duo are just two of 11 players to ever play in the little league world series and the major league world series and we recently caught up with the 44--year-old sheffield at his home in tampa. >> the little league world series is coming up. when you look back, what's your formedest memory >> never in my wildest dream did i thing i would meet willy stogill. he popped up that one day in the luncheon room and spoke to all of the kids and i was that one kid, eyes wide open and, like, man, that's willie stogill, "we are family." he is one of the best players in baseball and on and on and on. i couldn't give him more praises that you can imagine, and when i saw him, it was like, wow. >> you got to meet pops. were you living like a rock star at that point, 10, 11 years old. yes. that's how you felt. you know, we had -- we had derek

bell. we had tyrone griffin. you had my cousin, derek pedro, maurice krum. all of these guys that i didn't realize then we was going to make some kind of impact life later on. and when i saw the talent that we had, i knew we had something special but you don't really appreciate it until later on life. >> sheffield and the tampa team stormed into the championship game against tie with a. the taiwan ease club was too big and strong as sheffieldts team suffered a heart breaking 4-3 loss but not without some controversy. >> when you met the kids from taiwan, they were so tall, so big, did you want to check their birth certificates? >> that's exactly what we said. when we first got there, all of the attention went to the taiwani. the reason was that they was hitting balls on top of the hill. the clink sound, the eye lum num bat, that ping, and when you hear the sound and then all of

the sudden, you see how far the ball is going, it's like it's no way these kids are 11 and 12 years old. it was already planted in us that these kids was older than us but we said it doesn't matter. we still going to compete with them. we are going to beat them and that's how we felt. >> what's the one piece of a vice you would give these kids >> savor this moment. always savor this moment and cher issue this moment and say, this is when it all started to me. >> all right. sheffield was the rock star back in 1980, but this year grant holman is definitely living large. he is 6' 4". 6' 4" at 13 years young, and he is definitely trying to lead california to a championship. let's move on because the main goal in the n.f.l. preseason football: do not get hurt. the new york jets are hurting, mark sanchez. the jets' quarterback had to leave with an injured shoulder after getting drilled by the

giants' marvin austin. i know you can't control injuries but jet fans are very upset because rex ryan inserted him in the line-up in the fourth quarter when you had your back-up offensive linemen play and after the game, ryan on the hot seat. i had if mark in there. i was going to, you know, probably extend the ones out there, maybe even a little longer than i wanted but we had them the third quarter, generally what we do and as it worked out, we played them the whole time. again, it's my decision, and, you know, we are going to compete. we said we were going to compete, and watch the -- watch that competition. you know, in equal competition. >> that's what we wanted to try to get to. again t i understand being second-guessed and all of that type of stuff when an injury happens. certainly, i understand that, but that's football.

>> lights check in with mark marvin live in williamsport, california taking on japan in the championship game mark, give us an update. >> ross, we are going to the top of the 14th inning, a shot that gave japan a 3 to 2 lead. these two teams took over an hour to play just two innings. so this is quickly becoming reminiscent of many of those yankees red sox games in the majors with each player taking a lot of pitches. we have had a few batters hit by pitches. so this game, going very closely slowly. both teams, you know, taking their time and top of the fourth, japan with a 4-2 lead. let's talk how these two teams got here. they have survived a battle of attrition up to this point. over seven,000 little league teams in this country. they played over 45,000 games to determine who gets here. district tournaments, state tournaments, regional tournaments and that decides the

16 teams that get here, eight in the u.s. bracket and 8 in the international bracket and double elimination once they get here. for these two teams here to be the last two standing is quite an achievement. >> these two teams have dominated the turn amount of. they are both 4 and 0. it seems like all of the attention has been on california. rightfully so. do you see it's like a david versus goliath match-up? >> maybe not so much that but a conflict of styles, you know, california has the big bat did. they scored what? 12 runs in their last win? 14 times during the regular season? tulavista cord 10 runs or more. japan a disciplined, fundamental, defensive-oriented team. you are seeing those two styles kind of clash today. as we said, a tight game, 3 to 2 with japanese on top. tulivista trying to keep in perspective. they will hold al big party at their hotel later on tonight, win or lose. we need to remember these are

kids and not professionals. we will have much more coverage later on this evening. for you now. ross, back to the studio. >> thank you mark morgan. these kids playing their hearts out and there is great sportsmanship, even if someone scores, everyone shakes hands after the game. one batter got hit and the catcher and pitcher shook their hands saying i am show. >> garry sheffield, did i hear you say there is a 6' 4" 13-year-old >> yes, grant holman who is actually pitching today is 6' 4". he has been the rock star of the tournament, hit a granted alabama, no hitter, 3-run and he is just a bit taller than yours troubley, i have 5' 7" according to moo driver's license. i am stick with that. >> thank you for being with us right now. tattoos. let's talk about that they can mark your love of a spouse, your mother or a sports team but they can be a form of domestic abuse or rememberance of a life that

may be best forgotten. alan fisher talked to one woman who helps others remove the ink they wish they didn't have. >> at that point in time, then, i will apply the laser. >> this is a consultation, a conversation, a chat to change a life from here? in albuquerque, new mexico, dawn maestos is offering free tatoo removal, the physical sites of psychologic psychological. >> we need to recognize this is a form of branding. like i tell everybody, this is the superficial. this is what's on top. we should be extremely concerned about the acts and events that took place that caused these type of brands to take place. there are so many more horrific stories that are underneath. >> the laser removal of the tatoo can take awhile, months, even years, depending upon how big and how deep the tatoo has scarred. dawn's latest patient is victoria. her boyfriend demand she have

his name tatooed on her back, breast, hand, and above her v vagi vagina. >> he was really abusive. really, really extremely abusive. so he threatened me. if you don't get these tattoo, you are going to get the beating of your life and, you know, i didn't want a beating because i've already experienced it. so, it was more like, you sit still and you are going to let me tatoo you. and if you fight back, it's going to get ugly. so, i just had to sit there and just kind of endure it. >> dawn stepped in because of the abusive relationship she, herself, had suffered, the pain she endured, the tattoos she accepted. learning tatoo removal, she practiced on herself and found the change hugely important. >> i realized that there was this elevation or this lightening that was taking place within myself that it had become this very important purpose to remove this person's name who had caused so much harm to my

life. i became very excited watching it as the tatoo slowly disappeared. and one day to have it removed, it felt like final closure. it felt like i had made it past. this person was no longer aff t affecting my life. >> dawn's helped dozens of women here but believes it's a national problem with hundreds if not thousands of victims. she can't take away the psychological pain, the emotional cars but she can help remove a permanent reminder of more painful times. alan fisher, al jazeera, albuquerque, new mexico. >> more than one million people expected to enjoy the notinghill carnival in london, the largest street festival in europe. over that weekend, the streets are filled with bands, floats and performers. >> it's nearly 50 years old, but it still manages to stay youthful, the notting hill

carnival means different things to different people. but what lies at its heart is the processions and costumes. sunday was all about the children. >> the theme for this costume band for kids, caribbean beach, they represent the sun, the open sun. the younger girls represent the sun. >> that's why their headpieces and the boys of the sky and the sea. >> is it fun? >> yes, it is. >> why? >> we get to dance until we want to go home. >> we get to dance home. >> over two days, more than a million people are expected here taking in the parades and the dj sound systems. [ music ] >> with peace and love. >> as well as getting a taste of the caribbean. >> the comfort, the carnival as well and they want the food experience. so we explain to them what it is, what goes into it, what

makes it tasty. [ music ] reporter>> from humble origins in 1964 as a local event for london's west indian population, this is now europe's biggest street festival. >> reporter: the tradition of the carnival lie in places like trinidad and masquerade celebrating the end of slavery. these days, the costumes are still a big feature. everyone is having fun. >> the carnival's so popular there has been talk of it having to move elsewhere to cope with the crowds. for now, it's walking tall as a part of life in the brit irwin capital. al jazeera, london. >> even as we speak, there is much more news ahead including kevin korvo with what's coming up in the weather forecast. >> that's right, will. in august, the tropics were quiet. things are changing, heating up right now as well as we have the u.s. open beginning tomorrow. all of the details of that when i return right after this.

>> hello again. welcome back. the showers i told you about in the southwestern part of the united states are causing a big cooldown in many cities. let's look at the forecast here, what we can expect to see. las vegas, 89 degrees. phoenix arizona at about 86 degrees. you haven't seen these temperatures really. you have to get to the nighttime hours. but that is because of all of the rain you are experiencing right now. so, on monday, we are going to be seeing 95 degrees as your high, but after that, the temperatures are going to go back up to normal. we will see 105 all the way to 102 by next week. so that's going to be a big

problem there. now, i told you about the tropics heating up. yes, they are. down here in mexico, just in the gulf of mexico, notice the clouds right there turning. the national hundred center saying there is over 70% chance this is going to push the storm more towards mexico. so, for the united states, we don't expect to really see much of anything here but some very heavy rain and flooding that's going to be a big problem across that region. we are also seeing showers across the gulf coast states right now. but up towards the north, well, things are not looking too bad especially here across new york. it's been a beautiful weekend. temperatures for us here right now are about 83 degrees, down towards philadelphia, we are talking about 79. now, i did mention the u.s. open. it is going to start tomorrow, and very, very close towards la guardia airport. many people know where that is located. what we expect to see is some afternoon thunderstorms, but really not much of a change, 84 degrees will be your high. >> that's a look at your national weather.

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